Message from Kathy Stevens-CEO
To our donors, prayer partners and friends,
Thank you! Thank you for supporting the Children’s Ranch. As you know we have faced great challenges over the past several years securing and keeping house parents. Last year the board more than doubled the salary and added a medical compensation package to help encourage more applicants. Also, we added more bedrooms and a separate living area to one of our homes to make a more desirable living situation for our house parents. These efforts have not had the effect on applicants as we desired, and we have been unable to fill the positions. Without house parents, we cannot house children. We feel the Lord may be closing the door to our model of providing care to Arizona’s youth. So, you might ask where does that leave the Children’s Ranch at this time? The answer is surrendering our will to HIS. It is seeking HIS direction for this ministry and property even more earnestly than before. While we move through this time of questioning God’s direction for this place, we ask that you pray with us for guidance down the new path He is laying for us. It is HIS path and direction we seek. We are considering the words of Paul in Philippians 3:13 “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead, 14 I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus. 15 Therefore, let all of us who are mature think this way. And if you think differently about anything, God will reveal this also to you.” We know He had a plan for before and He has a plan for the future. While it may be difficult to let go of what was before, we are moving forward to what is ahead and what He is directing us to do. There will be more correspondence from us in the near future once a firm direction has been established. In the meantime, please pray with us for the establishment of His goal and plan to glorify the name of Christ and future of His kingdom.
If you have any questions about any of these changes or the mission of the Ranch, please feel free to reach out to me. Sincerely, Kathy Stevens Kstevens.hisranch@qwestoffice.net 520-686-0001 (cell)
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Just a reminder, All the King’s Horses Children’s Ranch is a “Qualified Charitable Organization”. This allows Arizona residents to direct a portion of their taxes to qualified organizations for a dollar-for-dollar tax credit. More information can be found at https://azdor.gov/tax-credits/contributions-qcos-and-qfcos. Our QCO code is 20129
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